Urbanization. Urban and rural population of the world презентация

Megacities - Cities with 10 million residents or more.

Metropolitan Area
A metropolitan area is a densely populated core area together with adjacent communities.
.The largest city in each metropolitan area is designated the central city.

Urban and rural population of the world (1950-2030)

Causes of Urban Growth
ϖBetter food supply
ϖGood medical care
ϖEducation
ϖJobs
ϖEntertainment
ϖSpecialization of professions
ϖTerms of trade

Functionalist View
Focuses on how changes in one aspect of the social system affect other aspects of society.
Human Ecology
Urban Ecology

Functionalist View
The development of urban areas is functional for societal development.
Urbanization is also dysfunctional, because it leads to increased rates of anomie as the bonds between individuals and social groups become weak.

Functionalist View
There are different theories:
Concentric-zone theory
Demographic transition theory
Multiple-nuclei theory

Demographic transition theory
The demographic transition theory of population describes how industrialization has affected population growth.
There are different stages in this theory:

Stage 1: Preindustrial Societies - little population growth, high birth rates offset by high death rates.
Stage 2: Early Industrialization - significant population growth, birth rates are relatively high, death rates decline.

Stage 3: Advanced Industrialization and Urbanization - very little population growth occurs, birth rates and death rates are low.
Stage 4: Postindustrialization - birth rates decline as more women are employed and raising children becomes more costly.

Growth of World’s population

Symbolic View
Simmel’s view of city life
The intensity of city life causes people to become insensitive to individuals and events around them.
Urbanism as a way of life
Size, density, and heterogeneity of urban population result in elaborate division of labor and space.

Conflict View
Emphasizes the role of power, wealth and profit motive in development of urban areas.
Capitalism contributes to migration of rural inhabitants to cities.
Individuals and groups with wealth and power influence decisions that affect urban populations.

Conflict View
The capitalist class chooses locations for skyscrapers and housing projects, limiting individual choices by others.
Capitalism and urban growth
Gender regimes in cities
Different cities have different ideologies regarding access to social positions and resources for men and women.

New Urban Sociology
An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local, national, and worldwide forces and their effect on local space, with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.